Pocono Mountain School Board member George Strunk showed up at Wednesday’s public board meeting following his arrest last week on charges of aggravated assault.

Strunk made no public comments during the meeting. After the meeting, he said he would address only school board business.

He said he hasn’t decided whether he will resign from the board while the investigation proceeds.

Audience members had their own opinions.

“You didn’t do it to me person¬ally, but you did it to the school district,” said Grace Rivera of Tannersville, who asked Strunk to “step down gracefully” or ad¬dress the public on the matter.

Kevin Kearney, a special education teacher at the West Junior High School who was laid off, asked the board what would happen to a teacher accused of a felony.

“I would expect you to make the right decision and resign,” he said, addressing Strunk.

“Or (the board) should make the decision to suspend him until there is an outcome.”

Pete Volpe of Tobyhanna said the legal process should play out. Until then, he said Strunk should remove himself from his board position.

“How can you vote on things concerning children (during the investigation)?” he asked.

Strunk is accused of ag¬gravated assault for a May 23 incident in which state police say he beat up his brother-in¬law, Gregory Oney, and kicked his wife. Police said that he also pulled a .45-caliber gun on Oney.